Date: October 28, 2005

Time: 3:00 p.m.

Location: GCATT Room 325

Speaker(s): Dr. Jason Freeman

Title: Feature-driven Audio Editing, Software Art, iTunes, and You

Abstract:
iTunes Signature Maker (iTSM) uses a feature-driven audio editing algorithm to create a short sonic signature of an iTunes music library. iTSM stitches together small segments of songs, driving a concatenative algorithm with spectral features intrinsic to the audio files themselves and with environmental features which describe how those files have been used. This paper establishes the aesthetic background and motivations of iTSM, situating it in relationship to areas ranging from music composition to software art to concatenative audio synthesis to algorithmic playlist generation. The functionality and implementation of iTSM will be described, along with practical issues that dramatically affected the course of its development.

Bio:
Composer and sound artist Jason Freeman’s music breaks down conventional barriers between composers, performers, and listeners. Recent projects include Glimmer, a work for chamber orchestra and audience participation which was commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and premiered at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall; Auracle, a voice-controlled collaborative sound instrument developed with a team at Akademie Schloss Solitude and launched at the Donnaueschinger Musiktage in Germany; and N.A.G. (Network Auralization for Gnutella), interactive software art commissioned by Turbulence and cited by Billboard as "an example of the web's mind-expanding possibilities." Freeman received his B.A. in music from Yale University and his M.A. and D.M.A. in composition from Columbia University. He joined the faculty of the music department at Georgia Tech this fall.

For more information, visit http://www.jasonfreeman.net.

Date:	October 28, 2005
Time:	3:00 p.m.
Location:	GCATT Room 325
Speaker(s):	Dr. Jason Freeman
Title:	Feature-driven Audio Editing, Software Art, iTunes, and You
Abstract:	iTunes Signature Maker (iTSM) uses a feature-driven audio editing algorithm to create a short sonic signature of an iTunes music library. iTSM stitches together small segments of songs, driving a concatenative algorithm with spectral features intrinsic to the audio files themselves and with environmental features which describe how those files have been used. This paper establishes the aesthetic background and motivations of iTSM, situating it in relationship to areas ranging from music composition to software art to concatenative audio synthesis to algorithmic playlist generation. The functionality and implementation of iTSM will be described, along with practical issues that dramatically affected the course of its development.
Bio:	Composer and sound artist Jason Freeman’s music breaks down conventional barriers between composers, performers, and listeners. Recent projects include Glimmer, a work for chamber orchestra and audience participation which was commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and premiered at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall; Auracle, a voice-controlled collaborative sound instrument developed with a team at Akademie Schloss Solitude and launched at the Donnaueschinger Musiktage in Germany; and N.A.G. (Network Auralization for Gnutella), interactive software art commissioned by Turbulence and cited by Billboard as "an example of the web's mind-expanding possibilities." Freeman received his B.A. in music from Yale University and his M.A. and D.M.A. in composition from Columbia University. He joined the faculty of the music department at Georgia Tech this fall. For more information, visit http://www.jasonfreeman.net.